LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 399 



mts. of N. Car.; W. to Saskatchewan, N. W. T., Minn., Dak., 

 Neb. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; rich woodland and river- 

 banks. 



HERB.: Bollard 134, Chaska; Taylor 894, Glenwood; 

 Sheldon 431, Janesville; Kassiibe 103, Minneapolis; Holzinger 

 91, Winona Co.; Sandberg 28, Cannon Falls; Herb. Wicker - 

 sheim 54, Ash lake, Lincoln Co. 



LXXX1. CORNACEAE. Dogwood Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PL 798 (1836-40); Endlicher, Gen. PL 1184 (1836-40) 

 Alangieae; Endlicher, 1. c. 288 Garryaceae; Endlicher, 1. c. 295 Nyssaceae ; 

 Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. I, 927 (1862-67); Baillon, Hist. PL VII, 

 66 (1880). 



Genera: 8; temperate regions, especially in N. hemi- 

 sphere. 



Species: 85 living; 30-40 fossil in Cretaceous, Ter- 

 tiary and Quaternary rocks. 



CORNUS LINN. Gen. 80 (1737). 



Benthamia LINDL. Bot. Keg. 1579 (1833). 

 Mierocarpium SPACH, Suit. Buff. VIII, 90 (1839). 

 Benthamiclia SPACH, Suit. Buff. VIII, 90(1839). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL VII, 79; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 950; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Plian. 168: Schenck, Palaeopliyt. 614. 



Living species: 25 ; Europe; Asia to Himalayas; N. 

 America; Mexico; Peru. N. America, 18; Canada, 13; E. Sts., 

 9; S. Sts., 6; California, 7; PL King., 2; PI. Wheel., 1; W. Tex., 

 4; Rocky mts., 3; Russia, 6; Europe, 4; Russian Europe, 4. 



Fossil species: Several descr. from Upper Cretaceous 

 of Greenland (Heer); Tertiary, many species, France (Saporta); 

 Greenland, Alaska, Spitsbergen, Wyoming, Saghalin, Switzer- 

 land (Heer, Lester Ward, Lesquereaux, Newberry); Java 

 (Gdppert); 30-40 spec. 



Cornus canadensis LINN. Spec. 117 (1753). 



G. herbacea var. canadensis PALL. Fl. Ross. I, 52(1784). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 214: Mac., Fl. Can. I, 190, 538; 

 Britt., Fl. N. J. 120; Coult., Fl. Colo. 122: Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 

 274: Upham, Fl. Minn. 64; Forbes and Herns., Fl. Sin. 344; Led., Fl. Ross. 

 II, 378; Miyabe, Fl. Kur. 237; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 438. 



Manchuria; Mid. Japan; E. Corea; Kurile Isls. 

 North America: Atl. to Pac. in Can. ; Alaska; S. to N. 

 J., Ind., Minn., Colo, and Calif. 



Minn, valley: N. W. and N. E. districts; rare or local; 

 cold woods and with tamarack (Larix americana). 



